Earthquakes, Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes & Mountain Building

Earthquakes Online Investigations:

• How do we know about layers deep within Earth?
• How are earthquakes related to plate tectonics?
• Where was that earthquake?
• Forces of Nature - Earthquakes
• Earthquake View
• What is Earth's Crust Like? Online Investigation

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Chapter 8 Power Point Presentations:

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Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics - Chapter 9

Sea-Floor Spreading Power Point:

Break-up of Pangea Activity

Practice Simulations:

• Maps Related to Plate Tectonics
• Past Formations!
• Current Plates: Orientations, Sizes, Shapes
• Seafloor Spreading
• Subduction
• Supercontinent Processes
• Paleomagnetism and Mid-ocean Ridges
• Intra-Earth Convection Cycles**
• Seafloor Age

Seafloor Spreading:

• SONAR Webquest

Plate Tectonics Quiz Wednesday 10/22/14

• Study Guide:
  

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• Material from section 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, and 10.1
• Access material on Geology-Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics wikispace page
• Access plate tectonics practice simulations below to help you study
• re-read sections/SAQs/Notes

1. What will usually happen to the ground surrounding a volcano as magma moves up into the volcano?
2. Besides being an amazing national park, what is Yellowstone?
3. How many seismometers are deployed at Yellowstone national park?
4. What is located below Yellowstone nation park?
5. Describe what would happen if the Yellowstone Super Volcano had a major eruption today.
6. How can we see inside of a volcano?
7. What type of gas might indicate a oncoming explosive eruption for a volcano?
8. Describe the volcanic hazard known as a lahar.